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Dodgers Juan Uribe, center, celebrates with Yasiel Puig in front of Braves catcher Brian McCannafter hitting a two-run home run in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series in Los Angeles.

Fans in the left field seats reach for a ball hit by a Braves player during batting practice as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of the National League Division Series in Los Angeles.

Thousands of people gathered in downtown Los Angeles for CicLAvia, taking advantage of the more than seven miles of streets closed to motorized traffic. The event was the third this year and the eighth since CicLAvia began in 2010.

A team member prepares the evening meal as the sun sets for University of Michigan Solar Car Team at the end of racing on Day 2 outside Ti Tree, Australia. More than 25 teams from across the globe are competing in the 2013 World Solar Challenge -- a 3,000-kilometer, solar-powered vehicle race between Darwin and Adelaide.

Police officers stand beside body bags containing the victims of the shipwreck in which hundreds of immigrants died in Lampedusa, Italy. The search for bodies continues off the coast of southern Italy as the death toll of African migrants who drowned as they tried to reach the island of Lampedusa is expected to reach more than 300 people.

A worker installs cardboard boxes printed with cartoon drawings at the Pavilion of Brazil ahead of the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Brazil is the guest country of the Book Fair 2013, which will run from Wednesday to Sunday.

Tires burn as Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi take part in clashes with riot police in downtown Cairo. At least 28 people were killed in clashes between Islamists and police in Egypt, most of them in Cairo, a senior health ministry official said.

A Balinese man who lost his leg after a motorcycle accident prepares for physical therapy on his right leg at PUSPADI Bali in Denpasar, Indonesia. PUSPADI is an organization in Bali that produces and repairs prostheses for locals who have lost limbs through accident or disease.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, welcomed by Indonesian women, gestures while arriving with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a group photo at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.

Former NBA basketball player Ron Harper conducts a basketball clinic before the less-privileged children at the Boys Town Rehabilitation Center at suburban Marikina city in the Philippines. Harper is here for the NBA Global Games that would pit a pre-season game between the Houston Rockets and the Indiana Pacers.

Pictures in the News | October 7, 2013

Monday’s Pictures in the News begins in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers took a two-games-to-one lead in the best-of-five National League division series over the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers offered a forceful reminder that they possess offensive firepower to overcome almost anything. What initially looked like an unfolding crisis quickly turned into the Dodgers’ loudest statement of the postseason — even louder than the fans at Dodger Stadium who mocked the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night by mimicking the “tomahawk chop.” More photos.

Also in the Southland, thousands of people gathered for CicLAvia, taking advantage of the more than seven miles of streets closed to motorized traffic. The event was the third this year and the eighth since CicLAvia began in 2010.

Lampedusa, Italy: Police officers stand beside body bags containing the victims of the shipwreck in which hundreds of immigrants died in Lampedusa, Italy. The search for bodies continues off the coast of southern Italy as the death toll of African migrants who drowned as they tried to reach the island of Lampedusa is expected to reach more than 300 people.

Ti Tree, Australia: More than 25 teams from across the globe are competing in the 2013 World Solar Challenge – a 3,000-kilometer solar-powered vehicle race between Darwin and Adelaide.

Cairo: Tires burn as Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi take part in clashes with riot police in downtown Cairo. At least 28 people were killed in clashes between Islamists and police in Egypt, most of them in Cairo, a senior health ministry official said.

Adds stops in Germany, France, Indonesia and the Philippines to round out the report.